How is this awesome? This is the exact opposite of awesome. We got whooped on the scoreboard and it was one of the most disgraceful performances ever put on by an NHL franchise (NYI). I still can't belive Talbot saw that cheap shot coming. That would have been UGLY.

The tangradi episode and the Talbot "lucky miss" are very solid reasons, given the pathetic suspensions, that hockey hits walls in popularityand things like national tv ratings. Its also why the league will never turn a corner until it gets that mindset out.

I am not saying it needs to go all NFL an change every stinking rule for offense. Hockeys workmanship is its appeal.

But there is a limit that they dont seem to understand. See also, Head Shots.

Same. I think I might be the only fan in history that when flipping through games on Center Ice will actually change the channel during a fight. Not because I don't like it or I'm scared or that it doesn't belong in the game...I'm just not that entertained by fighting...I'd rather watch the game...